HFEMSD Survey of Colorado Rural & Critical Access Hospitals re: CMS Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) Program

 

To: Facility Administrators – Colorado Rural & Critical Access Hospitals From: HFEMSD Greetings Rural & Critical Access Hospital Provider Facilities; The Department is aware of recent CMS rulemaking regarding the Rural Emergency Hospitals (REH) program. This program will allow Critical Access Hospitals and specifically defined Rural Hospitals the option to convert to a Rural Emergency Hospital (REH), and be subject to those new Conditions of Participation through CMS. Our understanding is this option will become available to applicant facilities in 2023. The Division is looking to better understand the intentions of eligible Colorado hospitals in response to this new program. To accomplish this, we have created a very short survey, which should take less than 5 minutes to complete: Survey Link. A response to this survey is only requested of those eligible facilities: Critical Access Hospitals and specifically defined Rural Hospitals. Thank you in advance for your time in providing feedback on this survey.